Gregory1965

I'm giving this one a half-hearted nay. A little too frenetic, unattractive, and kinda the same in every movie. I don't hate him, but I wouldn't chose to see anything because he's in it. I'm going to go duck now in case this sets tomatoes and other rotting veggies flying at me.

Ordinary People kicks me in the gut every time I see it. An amazing film.

I know there haven't been a ton of responses to this thread yet, but I'm surprised that no one has yet mentioned the amazing Ruggles of Red Gap and (the pretty good if you're a fan of Bob Hope and Lucy) Fancy Pants.

While by no means a golf film overall, there's a funny golf bit at the start of Bringing Up Baby that gets the action going.

A big whole-hearted YAY from me. She takes such a rap around here for winning the Oscar against a couple of powerhouse performers, but she was indeed great as Billie Dawn and had just made a big impact the year before in Adam's Rib, and the Academy always does seem to prefer a fresh new talent to support. But even looking beyond those two films, she really did make some high-quality comedies in the '50s - directed by George Cukor, scripts by the likes of Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon, Abe Burrows and George Kaufman, working with talents like Jack Lemmon, Aldo Ray and Paul Douglas - these weren't just star-vehicles to exploit her as a "dumb-blonde type" but really quality films that (I think) are very underrated - and frankly, Gladys Glover (among her other later characters) is actually no dummy if you ask me!

Numerous: 12 Angry Men Yours Mine and Ours Cheaper by the Dozen With Six You Get Egg Roll Saccharine:

While I personally tend to gravitate toward movies from the late '20s and early '30s, I'll single out 1945 as being pretty awesome with the following: Along Came Jones Anchors Away The Bells of St. Mary's Blithe Spirit Brief Encounter Christmas In Connecticut The Corn Is Green Keys of the Kingdom Leave Her to Heaven The Lost Weekend Love Letters Mildred Pierce National Velvet The Picture of Dorian Gray A Song to Remember Spellbound State Fair A Tree Grows In Broolkyn The Valley of Decision And I'm sure even with what I've listed I'm omitting some that should be mentioned!

This line of yours: I hate that there aren't two channels who show ad-free classics (mostly older B/W films), suddenly made me think - why aren't their several channels incorporating classics into their schedules. There's so much energy expended on questioning why TCM does or doesn't seem to be adding more recent fare, but shouldn't we instead be putting the squeeze on other channels to incorporate more classics into their offerings? When I was a kid, my stay-at-home mom used to take a break in her day every day at noon to watch some movie from the 30s or 40s on the KTLA, a local station in L.A. (Watching them with her on sick-days home from school is what introduced me to my love of old movies.) And then again there'd be another one broadcast on either KTLA or KTTV in the evening at 8:00. "The Million Dollar Movie" - why did this have to go away??? I get that this would not be financially sensible to continue on a daily basis, but was it truly necessary to drop the concept of showing classic movies in their entirety? It really is sad that TCM is pretty much alone out there in keeping these great (and small) films available and convenient for public viewing.

Additionally, Living It Up is a re-make of Nothing Sacred. I wonder if this should be considered an arguement FOR or AGAINST remakes? Hmmm...

Remind me again how many years during the '30s that errudite filmamaker Shirley Temple was tops at the box office before being dethroned through the '40s by those auteurs, Abbott & Costello?

I'll start: Little Women - the 1933 version close second: Little Man, What Now? (1934)

My favs are: Wild Orchids The Vagabond Lover Disraeli Bulldog Drummond Madame X Rio Rita Queen Kelly A Woman of Affairs Our Modern Maidens They Had to See Paris Marianne

For myself, the first thing I'd nab is the new Jazz Singer collection on DVD - primarily because of the Vitaphone shorts collection it contains - lots of bang for your buck there. And if for any reason you don't want it for yourself, well, Valentine's Day is coming up... :-)

As for Winner Take All - alas, you just missed it. The reason the info is so fresh in my mind is because TCM just aired the movie recently since Cagney is Star of the Month this month. I'm sure it will cycle around again eventually though.

I figured it out.

As an aside, the song is also featured in Cagney's "Winner Take All" - it's played in the scene where he departs on a train for the west and is used as backround as the train crosses country. This is clearly done to be reminiscent of the original train-related scene in Monte Carlo when the song was originally introduced.

Hi - How does one inform TCM of an offensive post on the message boards that violates the terms of service? Thanks

The (wonderful) movie you're thinking of is The Awful Truth, but it's Cary Grant and Irene Dunne, not Hepburn.

I'm 42 - started loving old movies when I was 14-15. I remember thinking that Splendor in the Grass and West Side Story were sooooo old. They were about the same age that Silence of the Lambs and Howard's End are today. Ugh!

Is this the print that TCM showed last June during the "Screent Out" series, or is this a new print even since then? I recorded it back in June and am wondering if I should replace that version with the one that's on-demand now. Thanks

I've never seen this film before so per your recommendationI'll probably Tivo it this go-round. I think the main reason I've avoided it is because I keep thinking of Ruth Gordon from her Harold and Maude/Rosemary's Baby years portraying Mary Lincoln, and then the disconect is just too much for me to handle.

I have two favorites - first (and by far) is Peggy Ann Garner in A Tree Grows In Brooklyn. Next would be Natalie Wood in Miracle on 34th Street

Until now I've avoiding posting on this oft-mentioned topic, but it just occurred to me that I haven't seen anyone express the opinion that most closely matches mine. First, I'll say that subjectively I want TCM to show old movies, the older the better. However, from a more reasonable standpoint, what I want to see is for TCM to show movies that are not available elsewhere - Not on Netflix, not on DVD, not through Amazon.com, perhaps not even on VHS and those which I can find on ebay. When I scour through the new-month's listings, I don't get excited because Grand Hotel or the The Big Sleep is going to be on, old as they may be, but my heart leaps when I see that they're going to show The Wet Parade, So Big! (the Barbara Stanwyck version) or Confidental Agent or any of a dozen other movies that I simply WILL NOT be able to see under any reasonable circumstances unless TCM gives me that opportunity. There are months when I (privately) gripe and complain about the offerings, but quite frankly, using the criteria I mentioned above TCM is still showing the movies that I long for faster than I can keep up with watching them, and for that I am completely grateful. So, I'm curious, does anyone else share my opinion here?

"The Errant Indentation" - both the problem that fouled up my post and what sounds like it could be the title of a lost 1914 two-reeler with Henry B. Walthall and Claire McDowell.

My particular brand of OCD means that I watch my movies chronologically whenever possible. (As such - I watch a LOT of silents and pre-codes.) One of my favorite things to do is record all of the available films for any SOTM that I like (and supplement from Netflix and Ebay, etc) and then re-live that stars career as it played out through his or her films. I generally try to read up on the person as well so I can be both educated and entertained simultaneously and I find that it gives me a greater appreciation for both the films and performer. Message was edited by: Gregory1965